10-24-15 The devil is always right around the corner

Well, It has been a little while since I have wrote here. Usually that is because I am going through something or many things it seems all at once. Had a cancer scare last Monday with my oldest boy. The last thing you ever expect to hear a doctor say is your child's name and the word cancer in the same sentence. I was so afraid. And yet, the devil was right there trying to coach me back into ways of escaping this reality as it was too much for the mind to conceive. I leaned heavily on the Lord to help me through this and he was faithful. So very faithful. He moved mountains that even the doctors were certain would come back with positive results for a cancer present. No, no cancer was there. To think what might have happened if I allowed the devil to convince me it was too much for the lord to handle...I would not be celebrating 104 days of sobriety today! I am grateful. Last night while reading the bible, Matthew to be exact, I learned how to tell who's who. I always wondered because I know the devil was once an angel so how do you know if one is trustworthy or not. Well the scripture answered this question for me. One can tell by the fruit of the tree. A good tree will bear good fruit and a bad tree will bear bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear bad fruit. To me this means that if we watch to see who is bearing fruit we can see who's true to Him and his word. I was in amazement to see that all the questions I've ever had lie right in the scripture. God is good and I love him.